Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument protects 760,996 ha (1,880,461 acres) of land in southern Utah. The western part is called Grand Staircase and features the Paunsaugunt Plateau and the Paria River (adjacent to Bryce Canyon National Park). The center section is dominated by the Kaiparowits Plateau, a single long ridge from the west, and called Fifty-Mile Mountain when viewed from the east. The western side, called the Kaiparowits Plateau, is a shallow slope descending to the south and west.